2018 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election

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2018 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
  2014 3 May 2018 2022  

All 60 council seats
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Last election44 seats, 52.9%16 seats, 20.7%
Seats won4614
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg2

Waltham Forest London UK local election 2018 map.png
Map of the results of the 2018 Waltham Forest council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Labour

The 2018 Waltham Forest Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Waltham Forest London Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Election result

Waltham Forest Council election result 2018 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 4620+276.758.1115,189+5.2
  Conservative 1402-223.324.147,708+3.4
  Liberal Democrats 00000.010.320,453-3.2
  Green 00000.05.510,963-0.1
  TUSC 00000.01.42,836-1.5
  Duma Polska 00000.00.2349New
  London Independent Network 00000.00.1259New
  Liberal 00000.00.1117-0.2
  Independent 00000.00.2385-0.1

Results by ward

Cann Hall

Cann Hall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sally Littlejohn 1,993 64.6
Labour Keith Rayner 1,971 63.9
Labour Patrick Edwards 1,958 63.5
Liberal Democrats Liz Phillips72623.5
Liberal Democrats Rupert Augistine Alexander68222.1
Liberal Democrats Faiz Faiz57418.6
Green Ami Amlani43414.1
Conservative Kathleen Berg1785.8
Conservative Philip Brimley1675.4
Conservative Muhammed Shaikh1675.4
TUSC Claire Rosa Laker-Mansfield672.2
Turnout 33.89%
Majority1,276
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Cathall

Cathall (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Naheed Asghar 1,996 77.6
Labour Co-op Terry Wheeler 1,887 73.4
Labour Co-op Jonathan O'Dea 1,863 72.4
Green Glyn Lloyd Roberts32012.4
Liberal Democrats John Colin Howard2319.0
Conservative Fatima Ahmad2198.5
Liberal Democrats Joan Sylvia Marie O'Brien2058.0
Liberal Democrats Clyde Kitson1947.5
Conservative Craig Moss1947.5
Conservative Zarif Isa1535.9
TUSC Scott Frank Jones763.0
Duma Polska Elzbieta Raza501.9
Turnout 31.94%
Majority1,543
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Chapel End

Chapel End (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Louise Mitchell 2,272 67.6
Labour Co-op Paul Douglas 2,187 65.1
Labour Co-op Steve Terry 1,986 59.1
Green Susan Mary Wheat71221.2
Conservative James Simmons49514.7
Conservative Fatlum Lushi45913.7
Liberal Democrats Rachelle Francesca Harris43012.8
Conservative Mostakin Miah42912.8
Liberal Democrats Adam Graham Pike2938.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Sigrist2798.3
TUSC Kevin Graham Parslow1534.6
Turnout
Turnout 35.14%
Majority1,274
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Chingford Green

Chingford Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andy Hemsted 2,185 61.3
Conservative Kay Isa 2,133 59.8
Conservative Nick Halebi 2,113 59.3
Labour Kieran Falconer96727.1
Labour Shameem Katharina Alexandra Highfield92425.9
Labour Anton Ian Noel Lyons86024.1
Green Miranda James47413.3
Liberal Democrats Joan Margaret Carder2707.6
Liberal Democrats Jennifer Elizabeth Sullivan2136.0
Turnout 43.58%
Majority1,146
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Endlebury

Endlebury (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Berg 2,276 65.0
Conservative Emma Best 2,223 63.5
Conservative Mitchell Goldie 2,166 61.9
Labour Arran Jason Griffiths92926.5
Labour Crystal Ihenachor89025.4
Labour Shaheen Rafique85524.4
Green Rosemary Warrington3018.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher Portou1724.9
Liberal Democrats Bettina Szabo-Shaw1534.4
Turnout 41.37%
Majority1,237
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Forest

Forest (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shabana Dhedhi 2,101 62.8
Labour Kastriot Berberi 2,013 60.2
Labour Gerry Lyons 1,936 57.9
Liberal Democrats Jordan Robert Sullivan77023.0
Liberal Democrats Rupert James Charles Pickering73522.0
Liberal Democrats Dave Sherwood69820.9
Green Diana Korchien54816.4
Conservative Lauren Maske2818.4
Conservative Barbara Randall2788.3
Conservative Pamela Jovcic2587.7
Turnout 38.38%
Majority1,166
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Grove Green

Grove Green (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Anna Mbachu 2,052 59.2
Labour Co-op Khevyn Limbajee 2,047 59.0
Labour Co-op Chris Robbins 1,997 57.6
Liberal Democrats Arran Paul Angus89725.9
Liberal Democrats Naomi McCarthy72520.9
Liberal Democrats Ukonu Elisha Obasi62318.0
Green Deanna Donovan45613.1
Green Liam Bonisch Connor41612.0
Conservative Jane Bartram2477.1
Conservative James Ellingham2166.2
Conservative Thor Fenrir Pallson Halland2005.8
TUSC Sarah Elizabeth Sachs-Eldridge1283.7
Turnout 34.93%
Majority1,100
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hale End & Highams Park

Hale End & Highams Park (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tony Bell 2,114 49.0
Labour Rosalind Anne Doré 2,011 46.7
Labour Zia-Ur Rehham 1,846 42.8
Conservative Molly Samuel 1,79441.6
Conservative Sheree Rackham1,74940.6
Conservative Munish Chopra-Evans1,71639.8
Green Roger Payne59713.9
Liberal Democrats Jane Elizabeth Morgan3197.4
Liberal Democrats Jo Loxton2746.4
Turnout 48.78%
Majority97
Labour hold Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Hatch Lane

Hatch Lane (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marion Joyce Fitzgerald 1,768 49.6
Conservative Geoff Walker 1,739 48.8
Conservative Tim James 1,709 48.0
Labour Co-op Lesley Anne Finlayson1,33837.5
Labour Co-op Liz Fenton1,30936.7
Labour Co-op Jenny Lennox1,28736.1
Green Rosemary Green36710.3
Green Michael Hugh William Holloway2797.8
Green Rebecca Mary Redwood2727.6
Liberal Democrats Ted Cooke2316.5
Turnout 41.84%
Majority371
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

High Street

High Street (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clare Coghill 2,629 68.9
Labour Raja Anwar 2,354 61.7
Labour Liaquat Ali 2,160 56.6
Green Andrew David Johns80421.1
Liberal Democrats Ciara Mary Simmons3749.8
Liberal Democrats Sally Burnell3619.5
Liberal Democrats Rory Matthew Fitzgerald3589.4
Conservative Richard Keough3037.9
TUSC Nancy Taafe2977.8
Conservative Henryka Gibbons2897.6
Conservative Adenike Akinbusoye2636.9
London Independent NetworkJames Martin O'Rourke2596.8
TUSC Marvin Isaac Harris Hay2426.3
Turnout 37.02%
Majority1,356
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Higham Hill

Higham Hill (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Karen Bellamy 2,406 72.8
Labour Co-op Hather Ali 2,188 66.2
Labour Co-op Alistair Strathern 2,061 62.3
Green Louise Ashcroft58717.8
Independent Tim Bennett-Goodman38511.6
Conservative Carl Atkin-House38311.6
Conservative Michael Bamber35110.6
Conservative Daniel Malachi3159.5
Liberal Democrats Patrick Charles Smith2557.7
Liberal Democrats Shahnaz Shaheena Malik2457.4
Turnout 33.38%
Majority1,474
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Hoe Street

Hoe Street (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saima Mahmud 2,409 68.0
Labour Ahsan Khan 2,222 62.7
Labour Tom Connor 2,219 62.6
Green Stephen William Lambert73620.8
Conservative Matthew Davis39511.1
Conservative Svetlana Holloway35710.1
Conservative Rachel Wedderburn35510.0
Liberal Democrats Letica Gil Martinez3509.9
Liberal Democrats James Nicholas Goodman3489.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Addenbrooke2908.2
TUSC Paul Alexander Bell2817.9
Turnout 36.26%
Majority1,483
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Larkswood

Larkswood (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Julian Charles Moss 2,196 55.0
Conservative Selina Seesunkur 2,027 50.8
Conservative Catherine Saumarez 2,008 50.3
Labour Co-op Angelo Eduardo Da Costa1,50037.6
Labour Co-op Rehana Begum Ali-Rahman1,47937.0
Labour Co-op Shumon Ali-Rahman1,41235.4
Green Robert Frank Tatum3929.8
Liberal Democrats Leonie Claire Hirst2115.3
Liberal Democrats Nigel Lea1734.3
Turnout 44.62%
Majority508
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Lea Bridge

Lea Bridge (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Masood Ahmad 2,313 70.2
Labour Co-op Yemi Osho 2,131 64.6
Labour Co-op Mohammad Asghar 2,036 61.8
Green Rachel Susan Barrat66020.0
Conservative Elliot Burton40812.4
Conservative Irfan Khadim2627.9
Liberal Democrats Jemima Miah2527.6
Liberal Democrats Zeshan Ahmed2407.3
Conservative Mohammed Shaikh2226.7
TUSC Martin Stuart Reynolds2146.5
Liberal Democrats Waqas ul-Farooq Qureshi1755.3
Duma Polska Beata Salomea Gajos972.9
Turnout 32.12
Majority1,376
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Leyton

Leyton (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacob Stewart Edwards 2,122 57.4
Labour Whitney Ihenachor 2,114 57.2
Labour Simon John Miller 1,943 52.5
Liberal Democrats Bob Sullivan1,25333.9
Liberal Democrats Ed Bird1,16731.6
Liberal Democrats Farooq Qureshi1,16231.4
Conservative Patricia Branagan1925.2
Conservative Rommel Moseley1905.1
Conservative Michael Caplan1764.8
Duma Polska Bogusława Anna Danielewicz962.6
TUSC Cédric Henri Dany Gérôme852.3
Turnout 36.18
Majority690
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Leytonstone

Leytonstone (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Clyde Loakes 2,218 67.3
Labour Jenny Gray 2,168 65.7
Labour Marie Pye 2,132 64.6
Green Mark Stephen Dawes62819.0
Conservative Marian Cristea42512.9
Liberal Democrats Muhammad Afzal Choudhry35810.9
Liberal Democrats David Gabriel McCarthy33810.2
Conservative Camilla Francesca Justine Small33810.2
Conservative Roger Hemsted33510.2
Liberal Democrats David Young2527.6
TUSC Mark Best1193.6
TUSC Isai Priya972.9
TUSC Theo Sharieff752.3
Turnout 36.35%
Majority1,504
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Markhouse

Markhouse (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sharon Waldron 2,173 67.3
Labour Asim Mahmood 2,075 64.2
Labour Johar Khan 2,064 63.9
Green Christopher Charles Lemin62519.3
Liberal Democrats Laura Offer37911.7
Conservative Gillian Hemsted35411.0
Conservative Saima Islam33510.4
Conservative Jenny Leport2868.9
Liberal Democrats Marek Darvisz Marczynski2507.7
TUSC Ben Robinson2307.1
Liberal Democrats Sam Simonds-Gooding2036.3
Duma Polska Joanna Dorobisz1063.3
Turnout 34.27
Majority1,439
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Valley

Valley (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jemma Hemsted 1,764 47.7
Labour Elizabeth Baptiste 1,747 47.2
Conservative Alan Siggers 1,703 46.1
Labour Aktar Beg1,65444.7
Conservative Afzal Akram1,63144.1
Labour Zaheer Khan1,58242.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Alexander Paterson2045.5
Liberal Democrats Joshua Peter Curtis-Hale1734.7
Liberal Henry Arthur Boyle1173.2
Turnout 42.60%
Majority49
Conservative hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

William Morris

William Morris (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Grace Mae Williams 2,429 71.5
Labour Joe Lacey-Holland 2,286 67.3
Labour Umar Ali 2,283 67.2
Green David Angus Robert Hamilton74321.9
Conservative Millie Balkan3159.3
Conservative Benjamin Connon3038.9
Conservative Dexter Coles2888.5
Liberal Democrats Jan-Dinant Schreuder2808.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Joseph Rodden2597.6
TUSC Paula Jane Mitchell2296.7
TUSC Ken Douglas1875.5
Turnout 37.10%
Majority1,540
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Wood Street

Wood Street (3)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Ros Flowers 2,496 68.4
Labour Co-op Vicky Te Velde 2,333 64.0
Labour Co-op Richard Charles Sweden 2,262 62.0
Green Christine Jennifer Olende61216.8
Conservative Stephen Murphy51014.0
Conservative Moufazzal Bhuiyan47913.1
Conservative Humayun Ikram43812.0
Liberal Democrats Beth Violet Bramley3599.8
Liberal Democrats Suleman Naseem Ahmed2486.8
Liberal Democrats Sadia Mirza2426.6
TUSC Linda Taaffe1845.0
TUSC Lee Hawksbee1724.7
Turnout 38.58%
Majority1,783
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing
Labour Co-op hold Swing

By-elections

Grove Green

Grove Green: 10 June 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Uzma Rasool 1,301 58.4
Liberal Democrats Arran Angus54124.3
Green Mark Dawes2059.2
Conservative Shahamima Khan1426.4
TUSC Kevin Parslow401.8
Majority76034.1
Turnout 2,22921.0
Labour hold Swing

Lea Bridge

Lea Bridge: 10 June 2021
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Whilby 1,176 50.0
Independent Claire Weiss44118.8
Conservative Sazimet Imre43618.6
Green Rose Warrington1817.7
Liberal Democrats Naomi McCarthy1164.9
Majority73531.2
Turnout 2,35021.0
Labour hold Swing

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